Can theologians kill? It seems so, because after a relaxing weekend, the dean's secretary, Silvia Hoberg, arrives at her workplace and makes a shocking discovery: her boss, the dean of the theological faculty, is found dead in his office. And it appears that he did not embark on his journey to the afterlife by himself. Thus, Commissioner Bernd Kellert faces a difficult task. The perpetrator must be found within the faculty, and much suggests that it was one of the learned colleagues of the deceased. In his search for the murderer, Commissioner Kellert delves into the secrets of the theological faculty and must realize that not only pure doctrine is upheld there, and that even among theologians, things can get quite human.